Meaning

The act of mortifying..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of mortifying.
2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
3. (medicine) The death of part of the body.
4. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5. (chiefly Scots law, now historical) A bequest to a charitable institution.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: humiliation

Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.

He felt stunned—mortification, sorrow, and anger, mingled together: the past was like a dream, and the future swam indistinctly before him.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.

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• mortifications

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